The Shortages Summary Report provides information on the following: items for which shortages are detected, the jobs or orders that exist as unfulfilled demand for those items, and the quantities needed. The report allows you to expedite material to where it is most needed, based on outstanding shortages.
Use the Shortage Reports or Submit Requests window and enter Shortages summary report in the Name field to submit the report. You can submit the report to select shortages based on an item, a group of consecutive items, an item category, or an item planner.
Choose one of the following options:
| Item Category | Group report entries by item category |
| Item | Group report entries by item |
| Item Planner | Group report entries by item planner |
Enter an item category set. The report shows shortages for items in this category set.
Enter a beginning and ending category to restrict the report to a range of item categories.
Enter a beginning and ending item to restrict the report to a range of items.
Enter an item planner to restrict the report to shortage items of this item planner.
Enter Yes or No to indicate whether the report will include only items for which there exists on-hand quantity.
Enter Yes or No to indicate whether you want the system to send notifications about shortage items to the pre-specified distribution list.